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Conspiracy Theory
1997
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Conspiracy Theory
Positive Reviews
16
Negative reviews
5
Average Rating
3.2
/5
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3.0
How else to explain the transformation of Gibson about the only Hollywood powerhouse around capable of letting himself go so unvainly loose and nuts f ..
EW
3.1
Unfortunately, the parts of the movie that are truly good are buried beneath the deadening layers of thriller cliches and an unconvincing love story.
Rogerebert
2.0
But the movie reiterates so many old sequences from the canon that it continues to feel more like Film 101 than anything spontaneously alive.
3.5
Unfortunately, that momentum loses steam near the movies end, and the disappointing explanations and sentimentalism take over.
2.5
It can be enjoyed once one gives up hope of its becoming a thinking persons thriller and accepts it as just another diversion.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.8
Its just a much smarter and well made thing.Roberts has learned that seriousness doesnt rule out humor, so she allows that wonderful spark of hers, th ..
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
Its reassuring that both director Richard Donner and Mel Gibson feel confident enough with mainstream popcorn to attempt a thriller as obtuse, cerebra ..
3.5
These well realized themes more than compensate for the far fetched finale of this thriller.
Spirituality And Practice
2.5
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture.
ReelViews
3.1
With its egregiously overlong running time and questionable special effects, Superman never quite becomes anything more than a mildly engaging curiosi ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
This is a film that wants you to acknowledge it has done its pop culture homework and surfed the Internet thoroughly for crackpot ideas.
Film Journal International ..
4.0
Donner directs with an efficient hand. He keeps the action moving briskly. But most important for this format, he knows how to slip in a quick joke or ..
Star Tribune
2.0
...listening to Gibsons Jerry try to communicate what hes been through isnt suspenseful; its exhausting.
Salon
3.1
Heres hoping that next time around the filmmakers will take a lesson from its hero in the comic and go for the kill.
Mr Brown Movies
2.0
The Curse of La Llorona cast members Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez and Linda Cardellini, along with director Michael Chaves, share some personal La ..
Calendar Live
3.1
The story has the compound plot twist and manifold layers a good conspiracy should.
Spliced Wire
3.1
Dont take it seriously enough, and your action movie becomes a farce.
Movie Habit
3.5
...even at two hours and 15 minutes, Conspiracy Theory is fast paced and exciting, effectively mixing drama, comedy, ingenuity, suspense, revelation a ..
Boxoffice Magazine
2.0
The action gets tiresome early, and the inspiration starved script shamelessly lifts key plot elements from The Parallax View and Manchurian Candidate ..
E Online
4.0
His nonsensical ramblings, wild eyed expressions, spontaneous, destructive decisions, and corny jokes rarely disappoint.
4.0
GOP rips Cuomo for America was never that great Gov. Andrew Cuomo was under siege by his political opponents Thursday after he said a day earlier that ..
Rochester Goes Out
2.5
...more long winded than cunningly elaborate, more simplistic than elegantly simple, and more nonsensical than anything else.
Globe and Mail
5.0
Theres nothing quite like a big, handsome, movie star driven Hollywood film when its done right.
Sacramento Bee
1.5
If youve ever questioned Gibsons appeal, this serio comic thriller offers 135 minutes of persuasive evidence as to why hes become one of the worlds mo ..
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